Indianapolis vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$216
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	46
😀 Quality of life	89	50
🏙️ Population	888K	3M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 331% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 1378th and 8574th ($2189 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 84th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 191st and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Mashhad

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	Indianapolis	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$618

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788